In the past few hours, several rumors have emerged relating to future features that Twitter would be working on, whose buyer, Elon Musk, in the meantime proceeds to raise funds for the operation that could also lead him to cover the role of dab CEO of the blue canary .
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Elon Musk is proceeding with the collection of funds that will ensure control of Twitter, with more and more users wondering about who will manage the platform after closing, and how it will change at a functional level, with various indications in this regard that have emerged in the past. hours.
As known, Elon Musk is raising the necessary funds to reach the 44 billion dollars that will allow him to buy Twitter: in this regard, the billionaire has made it known to the SEC that he has put together, with the aim of downsizing (from 12.5 to 6.25 billion dollars) the margin loan drawn up for the operation, 7.14 billion dollars, thanks to the investments made by some asset management giants such as Fidelity, Sequoia Capital and Brookfield, through the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, and thanks Larry Ellison (founder of Oracle). According to Ansa, negotiations are also underway to attract the contribution of current shareholders (including co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey).
Meanwhile, Musk, who through his profile image on Twitter played a bit with NFTs using the image of Bored Ape, the monkey symbol of non-fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain, allowing the cryptocurrency ApeCoin (created by the creators of Bored Ape ) to get quite a bit of trading hype, he seems to be on his way to becoming CEO of Twitter, albeit temporarily. This was reported by CNBC’s David Faber, who referred to presentations of detailed plans by Musk to prospective investors. Reuters also appears to be moving in this direction, as not more than a week ago it reported that Musk “had already fielded a new CEO”, and shareholder Prince Alwaleed bin Talal added that the histrionic billionaire would be “an excellent leader for Twitter “.
Moving on to the concrete innovations that could make their debut, thanks to the editor of 9to5Google, Dylan Roussel, confirmations of some unpublished improvements emerged on which Twitter continues to work, having already been noticed in the past. Specifically, the platform is working on adding tweets with statuses (eg driving on the highway) also characterized by an attached emoji, by intervening on which it will be possible to discover other statuses or join one in particular.
To date, many users use the biography space to reveal, through pronouns (she / her “,” they / them “,” he / him “), how they intend to be perceived beyond their biological identity: in this sense , Twitter would be continuing to work on the function for adding pronouns, with a presentation window explaining the importance of the function (it helps to express oneself, fosters a sense of acceptance, using the right pronoun is a sign of respect). While today it is possible to use only one video or at most 4 images, in the future it may become possible to combine the two formats and then insert both videos and photos in the same tweet.
At the moment it is not clear whether the opportunity to receive donations will be the prerogative of subscribers to Blue, but it is certain that Twitter is still working on the opportunity to gratify creators not only with likes, but with more tangible donations, as evidenced by the fact that the appropriate button has already been set up which, in the lower part of the app interface, bears the image of a gift package.